Visit NIE online at www.sidneydailynews.com, www.troydailynews.com or www.dailycall.com Newspapers In Education Nourishing Ideas. Nourishing People. Proud Sponsors of Newspapers In Education One form per visit. Not valid with any other offer. No cash value.Valid at all Scott Family McDonald’s®: Tipp City, Troy, Piqua, Sidney, Greenville, Beavercreek and Fairborn. Expires June 30, 2012. cpath edr edsse ckpi ivfeslsta loicideus A FREE ICE CREAM CONE Unscramble the words and bring in your answers for Word of the Week stamen — the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther On This Day June 4 In 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro- democracy movement. The Bookshelf Strawberry Dessert Dip Strawberries Are Red author: Petr Horacek Strawberry Girl author: Lois Lenski The First Strawberry author: Joseph Bruchac and Anna Vojtech Place one large plain chocolate candy bar in a microwave safe dish. Microwave for 15-30 sec- onds and stir well. If not com- pletely melted, microwave 15 seconds longer. Stir in chopped nuts if desired. Wash strawber- ries and cut off tops. Poke a strawberry on a fork and dip in chocolate. Eat and enjoy! STRAWBERRY HISTORY The Name Strawberry was derived from the berries that are "strewn" about on the plants, and "strewn berry" eventually became "Strawberry". They are from the Rosaceae family, and are of the Fragaria genus. They are not berries or fruit at all, but enlarged ends of the plant's stamen. Strawberry seeds are on the outer skin, instead of in the inner berry, There are about 200 seeds per berry. The berries are non-fat and low in calories, rich in vitamin C, potassium, folic acid, fiber, and vitamin B6. Over history the strawberries have been used in medi- cines. They have been used for sunburn, discolored teeth, digestion, and gout. As far back as the 13th centu- ry, the Strawberry was used as an anaphrodisiac. Strawberries were served at medieval state events, they symbolized prosperity, peace, and perfection.The most famous public eating of strawberries is at Wimbledon each year, when strawberries and cream are consumed between tennis matches by properly attired English. It is also known that Russian empresses also loved them. American Indians allegedly invented Strawberry shortcake, mashing berries in meal to make bread the colonists enjoyed--but they must have used wild straw- berries since strawberries have been cultivated in America only since 1835. The Hoveg variety was import- ed into Massachusetts from France in 1834 The Fraser clan in Scotland derived its name from French immigrants named Strawberry (Fraise) who came with William the Conqueror in 1066. There are references to the strawberry as far back as ancient Rome. All About Strawberries! NIE Coordinator: Dana Wolfe / Graphic Designer: Scarlett E. Smith Today’s Project Strawberry Mobile You will need: Red Cardboard Glue stick Red glitter Green tissue paper Cord Hole punch Sticky tape Instructions: Cut out strawberries. Use the glue stick to make dots of glue all over the strawberries. Sprinkle the glitter over the top. Shake off any excess.Turn the strawberries over and repeat on the other side. Punch a small hole in the top of one of the strawberries. Slot the strawberries together and tape along the joins. Cut leaves from the tissue paper and glue to the top of the straw- berry. To finish, tie a piece of cord through the hole at the top to hang your mobile. Pop Quiz Where are strawberry seeds located? Strawberries are a member of the rose family. Ninety-four percent of US house- holds consume strawberries. Americans eat 3.4 pounds of fresh strawberries each year plus another 1.8 pounds frozen per capita. Strawberries are low fat, low calo- rie; high in vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, potassium Strawberries, as part of a 5 a day fruit & vegetable program, can help reduce the risk of cancer & heart attacks. In medieval times, strawberries were served at important func- tions to bring peace & prosperity. Folk lore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you’ll soon fall in love. In France, Strawberries were thought to be an aphrodisiac. A soup made of strawberries, thinned sour cream, borage, & powered sugar was served to newlyweds. Over 53 percent of seven to nine- year-olds picked strawberries as their favorite fruit. Eating strawberries, which are rich in nitrate, can increase the flow of blood & oxygen to the muscles by 7%. This prevents muscle fatigue, making exercise easier. In a test, subjects who ate nitrate rich foods like strawberries, before exercising burned 100 more calo- ries than those who did not. Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. The average strawberry has 200 seeds. • The ancient Romans believed that strawberries alleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, all inflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, bad breath, attacks of gout, and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen. • To symbolize perfection and righteousness, medieval stone masons carved strawberry designs on altars and around the tops of pillars in churches and cathedrals. In parts of Bavaria, country folk still practice the annual rite each spring of tying small baskets of wild strawberries to the horns of their cattle as an offering to elves.They believe that the elves, are passionate- ly fond of strawberries, will help to produce healthy calves and an abundance of milk in return. • Madame Tallien, a prominent figure at the court of the Emperor Napoleon, was famous for bathing in the juice of fresh strawberries. She used 22 pounds per basin.Needless to say, she did not bathe daily. • Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring. • There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries.
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cpath edr edsse ckpi ivfeslsta loicideus
A FREE ICE CREAM CONEUnscramble the words and bring in your answers for
Word of the Weekstamen — the pollen-bearingorgan of a flower, consisting ofthe filament and the anther
On This DayJune 4In 1989, Chinese army troopsstormed Tiananmen Square inBeijing to crush the pro-democracy movement.
The Bookshelf
StrawberryDessert Dip
Strawberries Are Redauthor: Petr Horacek
Strawberry Girlauthor: Lois Lenski
The First Strawberryauthor: Joseph Bruchac andAnna Vojtech
Place one large plain chocolatecandy bar in a microwave safedish. Microwave for 15-30 sec-onds and stir well. If not com-pletely melted, microwave 15seconds longer. Stir in choppednuts if desired. Wash strawber-ries and cut off tops. Poke astrawberry on a fork and dip inchocolate. Eat and enjoy!
STRAWBERRY HISTORYThe Name Strawberry was derived from the berries
that are "strewn" about on the plants, and "strewn berry"eventually became "Strawberry".
They are from the Rosaceae family, and are of theFragaria genus. They are not berries or fruit at all, butenlarged ends of the plant's stamen. Strawberry seedsare on the outer skin, instead of in the inner berry, Thereare about 200 seeds per berry.
The berries are non-fat and low in calories, rich invitamin C, potassium, folic acid, fiber, and vitamin B6.Over history the strawberries have been used in medi-cines. They have been used for sunburn, discoloredteeth, digestion, and gout. As far back as the 13th centu-ry, the Strawberry was used as an anaphrodisiac.
Strawberries were served at medieval state events,they symbolized prosperity, peace, and perfection. Themost famous public eating of strawberries is atWimbledon each year, when strawberries and cream areconsumed between tennis matches by properly attiredEnglish. It is also known that Russian empresses alsoloved them.
American Indians allegedly invented Strawberryshortcake, mashing berries in meal to make bread thecolonists enjoyed--but they must have used wild straw-berries since strawberries have been cultivated inAmerica only since 1835. The Hoveg variety was import-ed into Massachusetts from France in 1834 The Fraserclan in Scotland derived its name from French immigrants named Strawberry (Fraise) who came with William theConqueror in 1066. There are references to the strawberry as far back as ancient Rome.
All About Strawberries!NIE Coordinator: Dana Wolfe / Graphic Designer: Scarlett E. Smith
Today’s Project
Strawberry MobileYou will need:
Red CardboardGlue stickRed glitterGreen tissue paperCordHole punchSticky tape
Instructions:
Cut out strawberries.
Use the glue stick to make dotsof glue all over the strawberries.Sprinkle the glitter over the top.Shake off any excess. Turn thestrawberries over and repeat onthe other side.
Punch a small hole in the top ofone of the strawberries.
Slot the strawberries togetherand tape along the joins.
Cut leaves from the tissue paperand glue to the top of the straw-berry.
To finish, tie a piece of cordthrough the hole at the top tohang your mobile.
Pop QuizWhere are strawberry seeds located?
Strawberries are a member of therose family.
Ninety-four percent of US house-holds consume strawberries.Americans eat 3.4 pounds offresh strawberries each year plusanother 1.8 pounds frozen percapita.
Strawberries are low fat, low calo-rie; high in vitamin C, fiber, folicacid, potassium
Strawberries, as part of a 5 a dayfruit & vegetable program, canhelp reduce the risk of cancer &heart attacks.
In medieval times, strawberrieswere served at important func-tions to bring peace & prosperity.
Folk lore states that if you split adouble strawberry in half andshare it with the opposite sex,you’ll soon fall in love.
In France, Strawberries werethought to be an aphrodisiac.A soup made of strawberries,thinned sour cream, borage, &powered sugar was served tonewlyweds.
Over 53 percent of seven to nine-year-olds picked strawberries astheir favorite fruit.
Eating strawberries, which arerich in nitrate, can increase theflow of blood & oxygen to themuscles by 7%. This preventsmuscle fatigue, making exerciseeasier.
In a test, subjects who ate nitraterich foods like strawberries, beforeexercising burned 100 more calo-ries than those who did not.
Strawberries are the only fruitwith seeds on the outside.
The average strawberry has 200seeds.
• The ancient Romans believed that strawberriesalleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, allinflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidneystones, bad breath, attacks of gout, and diseases ofthe blood, liver and spleen.
• To symbolize perfection and righteousness,medieval stone masons carved strawberry designson altars and around the tops of pillars in churchesand cathedrals.
In parts of Bavaria, country folk still practice theannual rite each spring of tying small baskets of wildstrawberries to the horns of their cattle as an offeringto elves. They believe that the elves, are passionate-ly fond of strawberries, will help to produce healthycalves and an abundance of milk in return.
• Madame Tallien, a prominent figure at the court ofthe Emperor Napoleon, was famous for bathing inthe juice of fresh strawberries. She used 22 poundsper basin. Needless to say, she did not bathe daily.
• Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring.
• There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries.
The Ghost in theCourthouse Statue
Written byBill BaileyIllustrated by
Michelle Duckworth
Chapter 10Donnie and Felix join forces
STORY SO FAR: Feeling that Jake hasendangered Donnie with his space alien stunt,Holly makes her son quit his new job at TheTimes. Upset that Felix has not come to his aid,Donnie gets into a heated exchange with thevoice of the ghost. Donnie then meets thesource of the voice - a well dressed, pipe-smok-ing old man. Donnie thinks Jake has paid theman to impersonate Felix LaBauve. WhenDonnie accuses him of being a fraud, theFrenchman draws his sword and prepares toattack.
He raised his sword high above me andbrought the blade down fast and hard.
When I opened my eyes, the sword hadgone from the top of my head all the waythrough me to my feet. But I had felt nothing.
It was like the blade was made of air. I wasstill alive but a little confused.
"Perhaps my sword ees a bit dull, no?" hesaid, as if reading my mind. He began to roarwith laughter, like he'd said the funniest thingever.
I was too stunned to say anything."Please to excuse my leetle prank," he said,
shoving his sword back into its scabbard. "Letus make up and be friends." He offered to shakehands.
I reached out to shake, but my hand wentright through his. I looked at my hand inamazement.
This really tickled his funny bone. But Iwas beginning to realize he didn't have anybones. He erupted with the biggest belly laughI'd ever heard. "You have been bamboozled,"he said. "I think Americans these days call eet'punked'."
Even though I had believed in Felix before,seeing him in person for the first time was real-ly freaking me out. I tried to speak. "You're...you're... you're..."
"Your vocabulary ees quite limited, no?" hesaid, his eyes twinkling.
I jabbed a shaky finger toward him."You're the real thing. An actual ghost!""That I am, dear fellow. I would have
thought that was obvious long before now. My,but you are a slow learner."
He made a deep, sweeping bow. "FelixLaBauve, at your service. Ze greatest journalistze world has ever known."
"Also, the most modest," I said, taking achance at humor myself.
"You should show me ze proper respect,"he said proudly. "Though perhaps your irrever-ence ees not all bad. Eet shows ze fighting spir-it. Eet will come in handy, no?"
"You do know that I don't work for thenewspaper anymore, right?" I said. "My mommade me quit,"
"I am quite aware of that," he said. "Still,theese nincompoop of an editor needs ourhelp."
"I thought you said Jake was a loser, andyou weren't risking your freedom for him," Isaid.
"That was before I found out a deadly lee-tle secret," he said. "Now I have no choice. ButI will require your asseestance, because ghostshave certain restrictions. There is only so muchze great LaBauve can do alone, n'est pas?"
The last time I said yes to a plan without
knowing what I was getting into, I had foundmyself in a space suit, fighting off an attack ofkiller fruits and veggies.
"I wouldn't have to pretend to be a space-man, would I?" I asked.
"Definitely not," he said."That's a relief.""But perhaps eet ees similar," he added.Even though I wasn't in my alien costume,
my antenna went up. "There's no flying, isthere?"
"Maybe a wee bit," he said."Forget it. No way.""Perhaps eef I show you something, eet
weel change your mind," said Felix."Come. Your despicable sheriff hascalled a meeting with his leetle possefor tonight."
"How do you know that?" I asked."There ees not much that happens
in ze old courthouse that I do not knowabout," Felix said. "I visit eet often. Thatees how I deescovered ze sheriff's secretmeeting room. He can hear anyoneclimbing ze concrete stairs. So we musttake another route."
Going with a ghost to spy on thesheriff sounded pretty dangerous, so Itook Humpty over to the gazebo and hidhim under a bench. "Hey, buddy, I'mleaving you here where it's safe."
"Don't try to sugar coat it," he said."You're ditching me in favor of some-one more exciting."
Humpty looked so sad that I felt alittle guilty. But Felix needed my help.
Felix and I crept toward a tall oaktree near the French Castle courthouse.It was the same tree Jake and I had usedfor the space alien stunt. A light shinedfrom a round window halfway up theclock tower.
Above the window was the bigclock I mentioned earlier. According tothe story that was passed down, it hadbeen stuck at 5 o'clock ever since theMatlocks killed Felix long ago,
Felix pointed toward a limb thatstretched toward the window. Then hethrew an arm around my shoulder andgave his goatee a tug. I couldn't feel hisarm, but the next thing I knew I was fly-ing through the air up to the overhang-ing limb.
As I gripped the tree trunk, I couldhear voices coming from a room in thetower.
"Look closely," Felix whispered. "Agood journalist uses his powers ofobservation. I have noticed that yoursare excellent. Now, you must use themon Sheriff Matlock."
From our perch on the tree limb, Ilooked through the window at the sher-iff. His loose jowls reminded me of a
bulldog. He chewed on a fatcigar as he glared across adesk at a man and a woman.
"I saw those two withthe sheriff when I was onthe courthouse roof," I said.
"Yes. They are fat asthieves," said Felix.
"I think you mean thickas thieves," I said.
"Enough of theese cor-recting ze Frenchman," hesaid. "Eet ees I who eesteaching you. Speaking ofwhich, ze man in ze plaidleisure suit - he ees namedClint Ratchett. He ees aused car salesman and parttime sheriff's deputy."
I tried using my powersof observation on Mr.Ratchett. He had thick, jet-black hair that tilted to oneside. "He's wearing a wig,"I said.
"Good eye," said Felix."I prefer ze French word foreet - toupée. Now, let ushave a leetle fun."
He waved his finger in acircular motion toward the
window, and a crank on the inside slowlyopened it. Then he placed his palms beside hismouth and blew. A gust of wind blastedthrough the open window, lifting Clint's toupéeoff his head and onto the floor.
"Eek!" screamed the dark-haired woman,leaping onto her chair. "A rat!"
Felix wiggled his finger, and the hairpieceflew off the floor toward her mouth. "Bonappétit!" he said.
Her eyes grew huge, thinking she wasabout to swallow a rat. She batted away the
black wig with such force thatit slammed into the wall before it slid to thefloor. Her loud shriek almost shook me fromthe tree.
"Allow me to introduce your esteemedJustice Court Judge, Lulu Roberts," Felix said.I jammed my hand over my mouth to stifle mylaughter.
Judge Roberts calmed down when she sawClint's bald head, as he bent over to pick up histoupée. "Oh my goodness," she said, fanningherself. "It's not a rat after all. It's your, uh...hair." Still a bit unsteady, she eased herself backinto her chair.
Clint slapped the wig onto his head. "I don'tappreciate your calling my hairpiece a rat. It isfinely woven, human hair, Lulu. And it cost mea small fortune."
"I'm so sorry," she apologized. "It's my ratphobia. Just the thought of the nasty littlebeasts is terribly upsetting."
"Clint, the next time that fur piece comesflying off your head, I swear - I'm gonna shootit and cook it for dinner," the sheriff said.
That did it. Trying to muffle a laugh thathad been building, I finally let out a sound likea strangled hyena. The sheriff's posse all jerkedtheir heads in our direction.
"What was that?" asked Clint.They raced to the window, searching the
darkness outside. The sheriff lifted a flashlightand shined a beam of light on the ground. Itbegan to move up the tree.
"Uh-oh," I said to Felix. "We're dogmeat!""I'm afraid eet ees you
who ees ze meat of zedog," said Felix. "I aminveesible to them."
"Thanks a lot!" I said,as the circle of lightclimbed up the tree towardme.
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